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Java Collections, Skip Lists, and Google
While sometimes taken for granted the Java Collections API plays a large role in day to day Java software development. Several additions including a skip list were added in Java 6. Google has also been working an a companion Google Collections Library project.
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PHP on Java: Best of Both Worlds?
In the past 18 months PHP seems to be gaining increased relevance in the Java community. We talked with both IBM (who is implementing PHP support in Project Zero) and Caucho (the maker of Resin and more recently Quercus, a PHP interpreter with native Java integration) to get their take on the emerging Java/PHP hybrid stack.
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DynamicJasper: Runtime generation of Jasper Reports
DynamicJasper, an open-source API which provides runtime generation of Jasper Reports, recently released version 1.3. InfoQ took the opportunity to learn more about this product, and what it provides for users.
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Adobe Max 2007 North America - Wrap Up
Adobe was busy this week showing off their latest work at the 2007 Max Conference. Adobe continues to cater to developers with many of their efforts. The conference came with a number of interesting and exciting announcements for the developer community including:
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DbFit 0.9 includes MySQL Support and Full Oracle for Java Support
DbFit has had several releases in recent months, adding better support for Oracle, support for Java and MySQL 5, and embedding DbFit tables into Java and .NET code.
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Firebug aids Mashup Development
Phil Rees has written an introduction to Firebug using the Google Mashup Editor (still in limited beta) and his DanceMaps mashup. He walks through everything from CSS to Yahoo! Pipes and how Firebug helps web development.
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OpenLogic Launches Free Open Source Library and Knowledge Base
The OpenLogic Exchange, which launched last week, provides a place where companies and developers can find, research, and download certified open source packages. It also has a knowledgebase for each package and provides information on OpenLogic's certification scores, as well as licenses and dependencies between open source packages.
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Nexaweb Enterpise Web 2.0 Released with Visual Editor and Debugging Enhancements
Nexaweb has announced the latest release of their Enterprise Web 2.0 Suite, an application development and deployment platform for building Rich Client, Composite and Enterprise Mashup applications in JEE environments.
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Article: Open Source WS Stacks for Java - Design Goals and Philosophy
InfoQ's Stefan Tilkov questioned lead developers of Apache Axis2, Apache CXF, Spring Web Services, JBossWS and and Sun’s Metro about their design goals, their approach towards Java and Web services standards, data binding, accessing XML, interoperability, REST support, and framework maturity. The results revealed many similarities and some noteworthy differences.
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Java, Ruby, and the Continuous Tax
Recently as part of a debate on ActiveRecord and Hibernate, Bob Lee of Google used the term "continuous tax" to describe the pros and cons of using a dynamically typed language like Ruby in respect to a statically typed language such as Java.
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ExtJS Creator Jack Slocum Discusses Upcoming 2.0 Release
The ExtJS team recently released the alpha release of version 2.0 of the JavaScript/Ajax framework. InfoQ caught up with ExtJS creator Jack Slocum to discuss the release.
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Ted Patrick on Flex 3 Beta 2
Ted Patrick of Adobe Systems has been blogging over the last week on some of the exciting new additions and improvements coming in the Beta 2 release of Flex 3.
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JavaFX: Client-Side Java for Desktop and Mobile
Since JavaFX was first announced at JavaOne in May, there has been a flurry of activity focused on improving the client-side user experience of Java. InfoQ interviewed Joshua Marinacci about JavaFX, its contents and its impact.
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Backbase Enterprise Ajax 4 Adds Support for Third Party Widgets and XML API
Backbase has released the latest version of its Ajax framework, Enterprise Ajax 4. This release comes with Cross Browser Compatibility and Dual API support, support for Third Party Widgets, and a Structured Development approach.
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Lucene Oracle Integration Looks to Surpass Oracle Text
New work to enhancement LUCENE-724 by Marcelo Ochoa allows for better integration of Lucene as a domain index from within the Oracle database. The updates allow greater flexibility than using Oracle Text.